Re: [debian-knoppix] So, Mr Knopper, are you or aren't you anti-Microsoft? (Was: Software patent?)
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 03:48:38PM -0400, Gilles Pelletier wrote:
> Hey, beware Mr Knopper! Pretty soon you're going to sound anti-Microsoft...
Why? I am talking about software patents being bad for the economy.
There are independent studies about this. What does this have to do with
MS?
> I'm sorry Mr Knopper. I know you never wanted to get involved in politics.
Right. I'm just not comfortable with things that have no technical
solution.
> You
> just wanted to know if this hardware would boot Linux or not. And since you
> haven't put out a new version of Knoppix for more than a month now, I suppose
> you have pretty much succeeded. (My german teacher used to say that whereas
> most nations work to make a living, Germans live to work. So, despite all
> beaches in Greece, Madeira and the Canaries being filled with Germans, I take
> for granted you're not taking vacations :)
Sorry, I have been on vacation for a few weeks, and had not much
bandwidth on the ship.
> Just as people say you 'invented" automatic installation whereas a lot of work
I didn't. I did not invent bootable CDs either.
> So, it's for you to decide, Mr Knopper, are you or aren't you starkly and
> openly against Microsoft?
I am not anti-Microsoft. Why should I? I can't use Windows by myself
because it is way too complicated for me, but some peoeple seem to get
along with it well, and I'm not trying to talk anybody in switching to
something else if he/she is comfortable with his/her current system.
Still, Microsoft is apparently generating a lot of business for me and
other consultants who are providing Free Software service and support,
so I have no reason to complain about anything. "Guaranteed future
business".
> If nothing gets done while whining about software
> patents, the game will be lost anyway.
Which "game"? What are you talking about?
I want to be able to continue writing software in Europe, that's the
reason why I am against software patents. If this is not possible
anymore because of software patents, I will just have to keep on
teaching and in general work more in education and consulting, as long
as this is not "patented", too.
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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